SAN DIEGO - Joe Panik had stepped into the left-handed batters box 24 consecutive times without getting a hit, the kind of dive that can make a man chew threw his bat. Then he got a huge hit.
Angel Pagan, with 13 hits in his past 83 at-bats, also got a hit, as did Hunter Pence. Even he had fallen into a 2-for-16.
The Giants have no chance to reach the playoffs unless a couple or three guys step up, as that trio did in Thursday' night's 2-1 victory, which snapped their six-game losing streak against the Padres.